[Jukebox-list] [OT] Gambling pinball [was Re: Seeburg'spromise...]

[Bob Ellingson]

At 10:02 AM 7/17/2006 -0700, you wrote:
>
>The "legitimate" manufacturers didn't like the gambling 
>machines as it gave their machines a bad name.  Pinball
>machines were banned in a lot of places in the 30s
>because of the gambling connection and companies like
>Bally and Gottlieb spent a lot of time and effort
>distancing themselves from the gamlbing games and trying
>to get the amusement-only games relegalized.  You'll
>note that many Gottlieb games right through the 60s
>say "A Flipper Skill Game" on them.  That's no mere
>hype - it's proclaiming "this ain't go payout game!"
>Most gambling games didn't have flippers, and those
>that did were in violation of Gottlieb's patent (which
>they licensed to other non-gambling manufacturers).

Bally made more Bingo machines and One-balls than flipper 
pinballs in the 60's.  From 1958 to 1963, they made NO
pinball machines.  Gambling machines were their bread-and-butter.

--Bob
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